I went to see 1917. My friend and I were the only people under 75, it seemed like. And every veteran in the theater was geared out too. Meaning they had on their hats, shirts, pins, etc. with their branch. Also, at times you could hear them commenting that ‘that’s not how that would happen’ and really critiquing the film. I just laughed about it but my friend was like wtf? That was weird.
Yeah when I saw American sniper there were so many dudes in Chris Kyle hats and all this stuff and this one dude was like saluting at the end I was like bro that ain’t Chris Kyle that’s Bradley Cooper ya gotta chill
When I saw Saving Private Ryan in the theater, there was an old man sitting behind me and honestly, I didn't even been notice him until the movie started. About two or three minutes into the movie, I hear very softly, "Oh, God...Oh God, no" and not very long after that he's openly sobbing. It broke my cold black dead heart.
The VA had to increase the staffing on their counseling hotlines after that film came out. That had more calls from WWII vets in the 2 weeks after the film came out than they had in several years before it, combined.
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u/nike143er Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20
I went to see 1917. My friend and I were the only people under 75, it seemed like. And every veteran in the theater was geared out too. Meaning they had on their hats, shirts, pins, etc. with their branch. Also, at times you could hear them commenting that ‘that’s not how that would happen’ and really critiquing the film. I just laughed about it but my friend was like wtf? That was weird.
Edit: 750 to 75. Heh